Week 6 - Pre-summer Low Carb Bootcamp - half way through!

[BIWI]

Morning all. Welcome to the first day of summer

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness once again, for you to declare all.

Thankfully a bit of a quieter week for me, once today is over, so I can concentrate a bit more on food and do a bit of cooking and meal planning!

Hope all is going well, and that the scales have been kind to you this morning.

That sounds rough Winter ((hugs)) Have a go at jumping back on the wagon tomorrow. It's easier second time round.
princess Don't do it!!

Wintersea no big stick from me - but you need to identify why you did that.

What's more important for you?

I know it's easy for me to say!

for you

It was very tasty Mook but the sauce separated. Think I'd skip the marinating next time and fry shallots and spices and chicken before adding coconut milk. Please don't feel bad. Even DS liked it. Had it with buttered spring greens which are becoming a bit of an obsession.

Can't find any celeriac. Is it out of season?

Sounds like a tough week for lots of people this week. I was shocked at how close I came to snaffling a bumper bag of chocolate buttons and one of chocolate orange segments st the supermarket today. Back to complete exhaustion with a non-sleeping sick baby and non-stop work calls and deadlines.

Anyway, I survived.
B - no cream left so buttery scrambled eggs and an avocado
L - leftover lc sausages, broccoli cheese and spinach salad
D - slaved over a massive moussaka for today and tomorrow. Bad stuff one carrot (in 10/15 portions, half a glass of red wine thrown in. Good stuff - made the bechamel with butter, double cream, tun of ricotta, a few handfuls of grated cheddar and then 2 eggs. It is absolutely delicious.
S - cheese

Some of you are doing so well in the face of tough crap going on, for all of you facing stress right now. Let's koko though, we can do this, we will all celebrate our net losses at the end of BC together, whether its 1lb or 30lb - I will be proud of you anyway!

to Winter. We all know that carb-stuffing emotional eating. Doesn't work, but neither does it mean we don't succumb sometimes….

I am with whoever it was up thread saying they couldn't live without bread and/or sushi forever. But as BIWI said, presumably once we are suitably sylph like we can have days of enjoying that stuff and not worry. I can't be very moderate when I get my teeth into white bread which is the problem, but for now those thoughts can be banished from my mind

Had been doing so well…. and then suddenly had sweet craving and consumed (ahem) 3 Atkins cookies and creme bars. Ok, so processed and bad and all that, but small and at least pretty low carb.. In the great scheme of things could have been a lot worse.

KOKO!!

I had another glass of prosecco and a lump of cheese and peanuts instead - best of a bad lot really. Off to bed in a tick.

Winter -i am similar to you and i am gradually getting better with each bootcamp, its a learning curve. Good luck, tomorrow is another day, its about getting back on the wagon quickly and not letting a slip become a slide - easier said than done mind.

3?!

Why on earth would you have needed 3? They're small, but they're pretty dense and surely one would have been satisfying enough? Three is just greedy.

And, although I always say calories don't matter - just have a look at how many calories you will have eaten in those three 'small' bars. Ultimately you can't just stuff your face on this WOE. Low carbing isn't carte blanche to eat what you want as long as it's low carb!

Never mind the processed ingredients. Did you read the back of the packet?

I'm struggling to think in what scheme of things that would have been justifiable.

I haven't had a great day either, I woke up really tired and got back from work with huge cravings. Desperately wanted wine, but we didn't have any in the house and thankfully I am actually too lazy to go get some from the local shop. I've made it through the day by snacking on hazelnuts, goat's cheese and dark chocolate with cream cheese... That last one was just an experiment because I needed something alleviate the bitterness of the chocolate, it wasn't great though!

B- greek yoghurt with protein powder
L- celery, cucumber, cauliflower and pepper sticks with Philadelphia
D- aubergine coated in parmesan, some salmon
S - as above

On reflection I may have had too much veg today and ended up with too many carbs which could be causing the cravings...

Well done princess! Good choices!

I'm glad you didn't succumb, princess!

I had a few silly carb mistakes yesterday, just found it hard to make other people tea and biscuits and not have one or five two myself. It's behind me now and been v good since then so please please don't show on the scales on Monday....

all round I think - sorry some of you are having a tough time of it.

I won't post yesterday's food as I'm so embarrassed about falling face first into the biscuit tin.

Today has been much better:
B - BPC
L - broccoli frittata with shallots and cheddar on top, salad
D - leftover chicken, mayonnaise, salad
S - a few almonds, 2 babybel

Brunch Tuna mayonnaise on dressed green leaves with tuna and avacado

Dinner. Steak. Dressed (oil vinegar) green salad. Dressed (oil lime) courgette and spring onion salad and cucumber.

Snack cucumber, Philadelphia, olives

Water. Black tea , black coffee.

for those struggling.

Well done to those resisting.

KOKO

BIWI - you are brutal!!!

Realise wasn't great, but far better than a packet of bagels which I would have done in the past…

And weight DOWN again this morning.

Lots of steak and eggs in fridge so think today's food is going to revolve around those key ingredients.

Tried to make mayonnaise with a hand blender last night and it was a total disaster. Didn't thicken. Not sure what I did wrong..

Yes I'm brutal. Because your weight might be down today, but it's less likely to be longer term if you keep eating like that.

If it's behaviour that you would have indulged in pre-Bootcamp then it's an issue that you need to address.

And also, eating stuff like that isn't Bootcamp. So once again I'll ask you, 'have you read the rules?'

I'm feeling much better again this week. I think I had a bug last week and that's why I was feeling awful. Still sticking to the rules, with the exception of an odd glass of wine which I will continue to do.

Sestra those lamb shanks smell delicious. AIBU to eat them both and give DH something else for dinner?

Amazed at how much my thinking is changing- was trying to buy soup for lunch and was aghast at the amount of carbs I would potentially be eating. My internal monologue was all 'that's more than half my daily allowance!' I've been reading Marks's Daily Apple and he counts low carb/weight loss as less than 50g which I've definitely been consistently. Ketosis and fast fat burning at 20g or less. Some days I think I've crept over the 20 threshold but it was reassuring to know that weight loss was still possible albeit a bit slower.
I'm also finding that I'm actually not enjoying the taste of sweet things or baking anymore. I just don't want it. No desire for a huge bowl of pasta (complete with bloating and uncomfortable fullness) either.
It's all a bit of a revelation!

Well, I'm horrified by the news today and I'm baking a cake for a party tomorrow and it has not been a good combination. More cake batter than I would care to admit to has crossed my lips. We've got no veg in the house as we are going away for the weekend and there is really nothing suitable here to eat so have had cheese, yoghurt and raw cake so far today. Not my best!

You know what, Laser? These are desperate times… Whatever it takes….
I have been good so far today, but only because I have no appetite left for life

Baby didn't sleep again last night. My shoulder hurts for some inexplicable reason and I have suddenly acquired work I wasn't expecting.
Thank god the fridge is full of LC stuff!
B - fage yog
L - mozzarella, avocado and tomato with olive oil
D - more moussaka. Can't wait!
S - celery and cream cheese

NotDead, I felt too sick to eat all morning and then I started making the cake. Desperate times indeed

Boldy - My average is working out at 40-50g carbs per day. So not super low to kick off ketosis, but is giving me slow & steady loss so I am happy. Also only have another few pounds to lose so, in a way, feel slower is almost better. Maybe more sustainable? That could be total rubbish - ha ha.

Anyway - I think the key thing is making it work for you and in a way that is realistic for your life. Otherwise it won't be a proper shift in eating patterns and more of a short-term 'diet' only to be jettisoned once at ideal weight. I am trying to look at food groups differently and hope it will be more of a permanent shift. Have realised what an insane carb hound I was….

I did my second blood donation yesterday (my plan is to 'give back' every transfusion dh had through cancer treatment) and as you may know they like you to stay and have something to eat and drink before you leave. I probably should've thought about an alternative? However I'm guessing it was the sugar I needed. Do correct me if I'm wrong! In any case I think that as long as I stay away from that kind of thing in the long term, a club biscuit after a donation won't hurt! Also meant I had to miss my running group last night as I was somewhat giddy afterwards but should be back on the running over the weekend.

We had fresh sushi for our evening meal. Not great I know but it's my absolute favourite and we generally can't usually afford it (last had some in October!) so I thought I'd join in and enjoy it

I'm not very hungry at all today, drinking lots and I'll prob have some tuna mayo and salad for dinner. Something easy. Can't say I'm looking forward to weighing in on Monday, the smallest slip up shows big time with me! And it always takes me a while to get under that 9 stone bar. Need to be more strict I know, will be sure to do a decent shop tomorrow.